Installing drivers for for an USB data cable fails

Hello,
I have 2 different drivers for an USB data cable I recently bought.
When installing one or the other (clean install - old inf and PNF files removed), XP always terminates its job telling me that "Device install finished with error Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. ".
Then I can use my USB data cable, but each time I shutdown then reboot my computer and want to use it again, I have to re-install the driver again ...
I haven't tried installing another kind of drivers as I have nothing else to install at this time, but I suspect it would give me the same error (?).

Here is the inf file :

[SourceDisksNames]
1=%Pro.Disk%,,,

[ControlFlags]
ExcludeFromSelect = USB\VID_067b&PID_2303

[SourceDisksFiles]
ser2pl.sys=1

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir=12
ComPort.NT.Copy=12

[Manufacturer]
%Pro%=Pro

[Pro]
%DeviceDesc% = ComPort, USB\VID_067B&PID_2303

[ComPort.NT]
CopyFiles=ComPort.NT.Copy
AddReg=ComPort.NT.AddReg

[ComPort.NT.HW]
AddReg=ComPort.NT.HW.AddReg

[ComPort.NT.Copy]
ser2pl.sys

[ComPort.NT.AddReg]
HKR,,DevLoader,,*ntkern
HKR,,NTMPDriver,,ser2pl.sys
HKR,,EnumPropPages32,, "MsPorts.dll,SerialPortPropPageProvider "

[ComPort.NT.HW.AddReg]
HKR,, "UpperFilters ",0x00010000, "serenum "

[ComPort.NT.Services]
AddService = Ser2pl, 0x00000002, Serial_Service_Inst
AddService = Serenum,,Serenum_Service_Inst

[Serial_Service_Inst]
DisplayName = %Serial.SVCDESC%
ServiceType = 1 ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
StartType = 3 ; SERVICE_SYSTEM_START (this driver may do detection)
ErrorControl = 1 ; SERVICE_ERROR_IGNORE
ServiceBinary = %12%\ser2pl.sys
LoadOrderGroup = Base

[Serenum_Service_Inst]
DisplayName = %Serenum.SVCDESC%
ServiceType = 1 ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
StartType = 3 ; SERVICE_DEMAND_START
ErrorControl = 1 ; SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL
ServiceBinary = %12%\serenum.sys
LoadOrderGroup = PNP Filter

[Strings]
Pro = "Prolific "
Pro.Disk= "USB-Serial Cable Diskette "
DeviceDesc = "Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port "
Serial.SVCDESC = "Prolific Serial port driver "
Serenum.SVCDESC = "Serenum Filter Driver "

Here what says the setupapi log file (sorry it's in french) :

@ 00:56:11.484 #T200 Installation du périphérique*: démarrage.
@ 00:56:11.593 #I123 Installation complète de "USB\VID_067B&PID_2303\5&11AF57CC&0&2" en cours.
@ 00:56:11.640 #T211 Installation du périphérique*: modification des paramètres de Registre spécifiés par les fichiers INF.
@ 00:56:11.671 #T212 Installation du périphérique*: écriture des paramètres de Registre spécifiques au pilote.
@ 00:56:11.718 #T213 Installation du périphérique*: installation des services Windows requis.
#-035 Traitement de la section Ajout/Suppression du service [ComPort.NT.Services].
@ 00:56:12.062 #V283 Ajouter un service : Service créé "Ser2pl ".
@ 00:56:12.281 #V282 Ajouter un service : Service existant modifié "Serenum ".
@ 00:56:12.343 #T214 Installation du périphérique*: écriture des paramètres de Registre de description du pilote.
@ 00:56:12.375 #T398 Installation du périphérique*: suppression de la sous-arborescence du périphérique "ACPI\PNP0501\1 ".
@ 00:56:12.437 #T399 Installation du périphérique*: la suppression de la sous-arborescence du périphérique "ACPI\PNP0501\1" est terminée.
@ 00:56:12.484 #T396 Installation du périphérique*: redémarrage du périphérique "USB\VID_067B&PID_2303\5&11AF57CC&0&2 ".
@ 00:56:12.828 #T397 Installation du périphérique*: le redémarrage du périphérique "USB\VID_067B&PID_2303\5&11AF57CC&0&2" est terminé.
@ 00:56:12.859 #T396 Installation du périphérique*: redémarrage du périphérique "ACPI\PNP0501\1 ".
@ 00:56:12.921 #T397 Installation du périphérique*: le redémarrage du périphérique "ACPI\PNP0501\1" est terminé.
@ 00:56:12.968 #T222 Installation du périphérique*: appel des éléments 'RUNONCE'/'GRPCONV'.
@ 00:56:12.984 #T224 Installation du périphérique*: échec du nettoyage du périphérique.
@ 00:56:13.000 #V259 Service supprimé "Ser2pl ".
@ 00:56:13.046 #E122 L'installation du périphérique a échoué. Erreur 2: Le fichier spécifié est introuvable.
@ 00:56:13.109 #T201 Installation du périphérique*: fin.

There's nothing in the event log.

Apparently, I miss a file ... but which one ?? It's written nowhere ...

I tought I could make an XP repair job but as I'm not really aware of that I would prefer to repair that problem myself ... if possible

Has anybody an idea of what happens with that driver install ?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Why do you have/need 2 different drivers for this cable? In many cases you don't need any USB driver with XP. Have you tried the cable after removing the drivers?

 

Hi sparrow,
to be more precise, I have 2 different cables ... and 1 driver for each.
But I'm not installing both at the same time.
Yes I need a driver for my USB data cable because it's an USB to Serial bridge.
I still need help

 

Have no experience with USB/serial cables. If you don't get an answer soon, you might try posting in the hardware forum.

 

My problem is solved

I've done a big WindowsUpdate session (about 20 updates (mostly security ones)), and I don't know but this may have give back to me the previously missing file setupapi log file what talking about.

Yeehhaaaaa

 

Many thanks for the update. It'll undoubtedly help other users.